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E. 1R. PERRY WALL STRIP FOR WINDOW FRAMES Original Filed y 24. 1920 t ll Patented Feb. 12, 1924.

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'WALL STRIP IBOl t Application filed May 24, 1920, serial No snares.

To all whom it may 007t06f'7t.

Be it known that I, EUGENE PERRY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Everett, in the county of Middlesex and State of Massachusetts, have invei'itcd certain new and useful Improvements in Wall Strips for Window Frames, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to windows and window frames, particularly to those made of steel, and its object is to; provide a frame adapted to receive and support all styles of. windows without resorting to the unsatisfactory method of pointing with cement mortar now commonly employed.

The invention comprises a Wallstrip' adapted to be embedded and anchored in the masonry bounding the opening for the frame and is illustrated by the accompanying drawings in which:

Fig. 1 is a front elevation, partly in sec* tion, of a frame installed in the wall strip; Fig. 52 is a section on line 22 Fig. 1;

Fig. 3 is an elevation of one form of vertical strip;

Fig. 4: is a view similar to that shown in .F 3, but showing the window in place;

' Fig. 5 is a section on line 5-5 Fig. 1 and Fig. 6; and

Fig. 6 is an elevation of the nut.

The wall-strip comprises a strip of metal 1 trai'isversely bent as shown in Fig. 2 to form the oppositely disposed flaring, lateral wings 2 and 3, with tapered groove 4: disposed near wing 2, projected rib 5 disposed adjacent wing 3, and with face 6 of the strip extending from the ent'ance to groove 4 to the base of rib 5; wings 2 and 3 being perforated at 7 for the purpose of anchoring them in the masonry 8 in which they are embedded; and the parts being so iiroportioned and related that, when the wall-strip is embedded in the masonry and sash 9 properly installed, flange 10 of the sash is tightly wedged in groove 4t of the wall-strip (the groove preferably having been filled with elastic or caulking cement, which serves to keep out cement grout and to make the joint tight) andweb 11 of the sash just clears rib 5 of the wall-strip. The sash is secured to face 6 of the wall-strip by screws 12 (Fig. 5) which at suitable intervals secure web 11, apertured for the purpose, to nuts 13 disposed on the outside lAtthdSl ACI-IE'USEIRCTS, ASSIGNOIQ Ttl THE VJ'ILLIA'M OHIQ, .li. COREURJZTION 0 OHIO. I

r /IND QW FRAMES.

Renewed Iiiebruary 23, 19522. Serial No. 538,696.

of said face; which screws s ierve also as supports for the sash, thus avoidingthe present unsatisfactory method of supporting the sash.

l ly this arrangement, a space or chamber it is provided for the accommodation of pl'QjfiCtltll'iS, such as bolts, tenons etc, from the sash, while rib 5 serves to give a finished appearance to the sash and its settingand to provide a clearance 15 for the proper action of the ventilators (not shown) axiallyjourcalled on the sash.

The w: ll-strip is installed by being nailed to the wooden forms (not shown) employed in erecting concrete buildings and thereby held in place while the concrete is being poured and until it hardens, whereby the strip becomes embedded and anchored in the concrete and so remains when the wooden forms are removed. These wallstrips are disposed vertically on each side of the window opening and also horizontally above said opening and provision is made, as illustrated in Figs. 1, 3 and l, for joining the vertical strip to the horizontal strip by making the-upper end of the face of the vertical strip in the form of a tongue 16 which engages a corresponding slot 17 in the face of the horizontal strip, and by extending the inner upper end 18 of groove d of the vertical strip for engagement with the corresponding groove of the horizontal strip, thereby forming a closure therefor, and further by grooving rib 5 at 19 to ac commodate the upper end of web 11 of the sash. The invention is easily adaptable to brick construction.

The above described means or method of installing window frames is not only cheaper and more durable than any other means or method now known but is in every way more satisfactory and simplifies the matter of replacement when that becomes necessary.

It is obvious that the invention may be cinbodied in other forms than those described and shown; for example wing 3, or rib 5, or both of these (Fig. 2) could be omitted.

I claim 1. A wall-strip for holding window frames comprising a strip of metal transversely bent to form oppositely disposed, lateral wings, with an inwardly extended groove near one wing and an outwardly projected rib adjacent the other wing and with the face of the strip extending from the entrance to the groove to the base of the rib.

2. A Wall-strip for holding window frames comprising a strip of metal transversely bent to form oppositely disposed, lateral, erforated wings, with an inwardly extended groove near one Wing and an outwardly projected rib adjacent the other wing and with the face of the strip extending from the entrance to the groove to the hase of the rib.

3. A wall-strip for holding window frames eomprisin a strip of metal transversely bent to form oppositely disposed,

flaring, lateral wings, with an inwardly extended groove near one wing and an outwardly rojected rib adjacent the other wing an with the fa-zre of the strip extending from the entrance to the groove to the base of the rib.

4:. A Wall-strip for holding window frames comprising a strip of metal transversely bent to form oppositely disposed, flaring, lateral, perforated wings, with an inwardly extended groove near one wing and an outwardly projected rib adjacent the other wing and with the face of the strip extending from the entrance to the groove to the base of the rib.

5. A wall-strip for holding window frames comprising a strip of metal transversely bent to form oppositely disposed, lateral wings, with an inwardly extended groove near one wing and an outwardly projected rib adjacent the other wing and with the face of the strip extending from the entrance to the groove to the base of the rib; with nuts disposed at intervals in the face of the strip.

6. A wall strip for holding window frames comprising a strip of metal transversely bent to form a lateral wing and a groove, both extendin inwardly.

7. A wall strip for holding window frames comprising a strip of metal transversely bent to form a lateral wing and a. groove, both extending inwardly, and a rib extending outwardly.

In testimony whereof I have afiixed my signature.

EUGENE R. PERRY. 

